[Dovecot] Backing Up To Windows File Server

[Asai]

On 12/13/2011 5:34 PM, Jerry wrote:
> On Tue, 13 Dec 2011 16:21:09 -0700
> Asai articulated:
>
>> Working with dsync and setting up backups to a Windows file server.
>> Problem seems to be that Windows is renaming the dovecot mail files
>> (maildir) to Windows friendly filenames, and losing the Dovecot name.
>> For example,
>> 1323817925.M36368P32049.triata.globalchangemultimedia.net,S=2255,W=2318:2,S
>> becomes 1AETPH~X.
>>
>> Does anyone have any ideas about how to tell Windows to not do this?
>> Or is it not possible?
> I have backed up files to a Windows server before but have never
> experienced the problems you are describing. Could you please list the
> Windows Server specifics, ie. version, etc.
This is a Win 2008 R2 server with NFS shares enabled. I initially copied 
the backups from my former backup server to this Windows box, and that's 
when I noticed the file names had been changed.